Content categorized as Tutorial
posted on Sep 1, 2011.
Login forms are a common element that appear on a large number of websites. In this article, we will be looking at how we can use a bit of CSS and jQuery to create an elegant, usable drop down form. We will also be looking at how to maintain usability by creating an alternative for users who do not have JavaScript enabled.
posted on Jan 8, 2011.
In this tutorial, we will be looking at how to create and collect a variety of photographic resources and then use Photoshop’s blending modes, filters and adjustment layers to combine those resources into a cool and interesting grunge texture.
posted on Nov 27, 2010.
Last week I released a jQuery plugin that I called Contained Sticky Scroll, which you can see working on the sidebar of this blog. In this tutorial, I will be going through the code of that plugin and explaining how to write the plugin entirely from scratch!
posted on Sep 13, 2010.
Have you ever been faced with a tricky design or development problem where the solution may not have been entirely obvious right off the bat? In this post we will look a situation like this that I was recently faced with, and how I used a combination of PHP and jQuery to form a solution.
posted on Aug 12, 2010.
Originally published on the old MyInkBlog, this is an article I put together outlining the differences between the layer mask and the clipping mask in Photoshop. We’ll look at how each type of mask works, how they are different, and how to make them work together in a single effect.
posted on Jun 17, 2010.
In this tutorial, we will look at a simple technique for creating comic-styled illustrations, based on original photographic reference material. The real benefit of this manual technique is the high degree of control that it gives you over the illustration.
posted on May 13, 2010.
In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to take basic markup and transform it into an attractive and beautiful typographical design through pure CSS3. There are no images or other external resources, just pure CSS magic. We’ll also touch on some general typographical concepts along the way.
posted on May 11, 2010.
One of the most popular styles of late is the vintage look. In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how to pull off a 40s movie inspired look for your next project. We’ll start with a basic, static design and then consider how some of the same techniques and elements can potentially be applied to a larger website design.
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